Financial boosters for health in the region

The Health Surveillance Services of the 86 municipalities that make up the Macro-Health District of North Minas Gerais are contemplated by diverting resources of more than R$ 5.4 million to continue activities.

Among the measures implemented were the control of diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti (dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika virus and yellow fever); and report several other diseases: Chagas disease, rabies, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis and others.

The incentives are set out in Ordinance 76 published by the Ministry of Health on February 13. The values ​​correspond to the annual fixed floor assigned to municipalities and central public health laboratories.

For this part, the financial contribution to the Ministry of Health of the State of Minas Gerais (SES-MG) is approximately R$32.9 million.

Montes Claros SRS Health Surveillance Coordinator, Agna Soares da Silva Menezes, highlights the importance of investments in maintaining health surveillance services, taking into account the fact that they constitute a segment that performs important actions directly targeting the health of the population.

For the 54 municipalities that make up the area covered by the Regional Health Supervisory Authority of Montes Claros (SRS), more than R$3.6 million will be transferred.

Another R$1.2 million was allocated to 25 municipalities under the jurisdiction of the Januária Regional Health Department (GRS).

R$460.9 thousand has been provided to seven municipalities in Pirapura GRS.

The locations with the largest population and thus receiving the most funding are: Montes Claros (R$1.3 million); Al-Ganaiba (223.9 thousand Brazilian riyals); Januaria (213.2 thousand Brazilian reals); São Francisco (176.6 thousand Brazilian reals); Birapura (176.3 thousand Brazilian reals); Bocayeva (156.2 thousand Brazilian reals); The Heart of Jesus (129.8 thousand riyals); Salinas (129.6 thousand Brazilian reals); Farzia da Palma (123.7 thousand Brazilian riyals); Jaiba (122.4 thousand Brazilian reals); Porteirinha (120.4 thousand Brazilian reals); Taiobeiras (106.9 thousand Brazilian reals); Brasilia de Minas (101.7 thousand Brazilian reals) and Espinoza (100 thousand Brazilian reals).

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In 2021 and 2022, in addition to technical support and the elimination of Aedes aegypti with ultra-low volume (UBV) equipment, the Minas Gerais State Secretariat of Health (SES-MG) has transferred more than R$7.2 million to the 86 municipalities that make up the north of the total sanitary district of State of Minas Gerais, to finance health surveillance measures aimed at combating arboviruses.

Through Decision No. 8,386 published on October 19, 2022, SES-MG has extended until December 31 of this year the deadline for the use of resources in excess of R$40.4 million transferred in 2021 to 853 municipalities.

The financial incentive was specified in Resolution 7,733 and for Norte de Minas, R$3.5 million was provided.

In addition, Resolution No. 8,386 made it possible, in the second half of 2022, to divert more resources to measures to combat sexually transmitted viruses. For Norte de Minas, this represented a new contribution of R$3.6 million.

Among the municipalities that received the most resources are: Montes Claros (R$794.2 thousand); Janaiba (179.6 thousand Brazilian riyals); Januaria (172.1 thousand Brazilian reals); Birapura (151.9 thousand Brazilian reals); São Francisco (151.6 thousand Brazilian reals); Bocayeva (140.4 thousand Brazilian reals); Salinas (R$125,000); Farzia da Palma (121.6 thousand Brazilian reals); Gaiba (120.8 thousand Brazilian reals); Porteirinha (118.1 thousand Brazilian reals); Taiobeiras (111.9 thousand Brazilian reals); Brasilia de Minas (108.3 thousand Brazilian reals); Espinosa (106.8 thousand Brazilian reals) and Rio Pardo de Minas (105.8 thousand Brazilian reals).